Di Matteo's biggest selection gamble since he took charge backfired as goals
from Fabio Quagliarella, Arturo Vidal and Sebastian Giovinco left the Blues
facing the prospect of becoming the first holders to depart the competition
before Christmas.

Chelsea slumped to third place in Group E with one match remaining and must win
against Nordsjaelland in two weeks' time and hope Shakhtar Donetsk beat Juve,
despite the Ukrainian side having qualified for the last 16 themselves tonight.

A hat-trick by Adriano and two goals from Willian saw Shakhtar Donetsk go
through to the knockout stages of the Champions League following a 5-2 win
at Nordsjaelland.

In a see-saw game full of controversy, the Danish hosts twice went ahead before the game was level
at half-time.

However, Shakhtar were dominant after the break to run out eventual winners in
Copenhagen, going a point clear of Juventus at the top of Group E.

Nordsjaelland certainly played their part in the game but had nothing to show
at the end of the night and still have just one point from five games after an
abortive European campaign.

BATE Borisov's 2-0 home defeat to Lille secured Valencia's passage. It was Lille's first win of a demoralising campaign.

The Ligue 1 side had not taken a single point from their first four matches and had a negative goal difference of 12 going into the clash against Belorussian champions. But they scored twice in the first half through Djibril Sidibe and Gianni Bruno and held on without conceding despite Sidibe being sent off with 15 minutes remaining.

A 1-1 draw at the Mestalla ensured both Valencia and Bayern Munich booked their
place in the knockout stage of the Champions League.

BATE Borisov's earlier defeat to Lille left each side within a point of
progressing and they duly shared the spoils, despite the Spanish side losing
Antonio Barragan to a red card after only 33 minutes.

Indeed it was Valencia who opened the scoring, Sofiane Feghouli finding the
target in the 77th minute only for Thomas Muller to draw the Bundesliga giants
level five minutes later.

Lionel Messi moved to within five goals of Gerd Muller's scoring record as Barcelona qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League with an easy 3-0 victory over Spartak Moscow.

Messi scored twice to go to 80 goals so far in 2012, just five behind Muller's record number of goals scored in a calendar year from 1972. Dani Alves gave Barcelona the lead before Messi's double strike with all the goals coming before half-time.

Celtic's bid to win through to the knockout stages of the Champions League will go to their last Group G fixture following their 2-1 defeat by Benfica at the Stadium of Light.

Ola John gave the home side the lead in the seventh minute before Georgios
Samaras levelled in the 32nd minute from a Charlie Mulgrew corner.

Defender Ezequiel Garay restored Benfica's lead in the 72nd minute to
ultimately, and deservedly, leave both sides on seven points after five games.

The Scottish champions, guaranteed a Europa League spot after Barcelona beat
Spartak 3-0 in Moscow earlier in the evening, will go through if, in their home
game against the Russian club, they better the Portuguese side's result in
Barcelona.

Manchester United got burned once more on their return to 'Hell' as Galatasaray
ended their 100% record in Champions League Group H with a 1-0 win.

Burak Yilmaz's second-half goal was enough to give the Turkish side a deserved
victory and take them to the brink of qualification for the knockout stage.

United's position in the last 16 was already confirmed so the damage, beyond
any sustained as a result of the ear-splitting din, cannot be compared to the
tumult that unfolded on United's first meeting with Galatasaray in Istanbul 19
years ago.

A first-half Rui Pedro hat-trick fired CFR Cluj closer to a first-ever
appearance in the Champions League knockout stage following a comfortable 3-1 win
over 10-man Braga.

Portuguese striker Rui Pedro ended the qualifying hopes of his countrymen
during a scintillating opening first half in which the beleaguered visitors also
had Douglao sent off.

Rui Pedro had his treble within 33 minutes and, while Alan had pulled a goal
back on 17 minutes, Cluj were in full control by the break once Douglao saw red
in added time.

While Cluj failed to add to their tally, victory ensured they moved level with
Galatasaray with a game remaining in Group H.

The Romanians face United at Old Trafford on the final matchday with Gala
travelling to Braga.